Medical pot patients to get extensions while waiting for ID cards
SANTA FE – The state Department of Health, under fire for a backlog in processing applications, announced Friday that some current medical marijuana patients will get extensions of up to 60 days when their identification cards expire.
That will allow them to continue buying medical marijuana from licensed producers while their renewal applications are pending.
According to a posting on the department’s website, the automatic extensions apply to those whose cards expire between June 15 and Dec. 31 of this year.
The department says it is working on applications that were submitted in July; the June applications have been processed.
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